Short term correlates of the Neuro Emotional Technique for cancer-related traumatic stress symptoms: A pilot case series

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-166

  Monti, Daniel A ^a,b   Stoner, Marie E ^b   Zivin, Gail ^a   Schlesinger, Martha ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief psychotherapy; Cancer survivors; Distressing recollections; NET; Neuro Emotional Technique; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250221110     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-007-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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